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The '''Players Committee advocates''' (also called Player Advocates / the Advocate Council on early PC sites) were volunteer leaders named by Decipher and later by the PC to support organized play, rules, design, tournaments, and community liaison after Decipher's print end-of-life. | The '''Players Committee advocates''' (also called Player Advocates / the Advocate Council on early PC sites) were volunteer leaders named by Decipher and later by the PC to support organized play, rules, design, tournaments, and community liaison after Decipher's print end-of-life. | ||
'''Origin (Decipher call for volunteers):''' Decipher's Star Wars Announcement page invited players to '''volunteer for the players' committee''' (contact listed on that page) alongside Decipher and Lucas Licensing contacts, and linked the '''01.25.02''' "The Star Wars Players' Committee" announcement.<ref name="deciphercall">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020601152726/http://decipher.com/starwars/announcement122801.html The Star Wars Announcement], decipher.com (Wayback, 1 June 2002)</ref> The Player Advocates / Players' Committee structure therefore begins in Decipher's public call for volunteers and the January 2002 committee announcement—not as an independent later invention. Details of that handoff also appear on [[History of the Players Committee]]. | |||
Decipher's "The Star Wars Players' Committee" page | == First team (Decipher announcement, 25 January 2002) == | ||
Warren Holland (Chairman & CEO, Decipher), in a letter dated '''25 January 2002''' on Decipher's "The Star Wars Players' Committee" page, announced the '''first team of Star Wars Player Advocates''' selected from volunteer emails after the license announcement. The page states Advocates would meet Decipher in Norfolk the following week, receive the volunteer email list, work with Game Players Network on communications, handle prize shipping after '''30 April 2002''', and teased a forthcoming virtual-card pool.<ref name="pc1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020611042314/http://decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee1.html The Star Wars Players' Committee], decipher.com (Wayback, 11 June 2002; letter dated 25 January 2002)</ref> | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! Role (as listed) | ! Role (as listed) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Michael Girard | | [[Michael Girard]] | ||
| Player support | | Player support | ||
|- | |- | ||
| John Arendt | | [[John Arendt]] | ||
| Tournament support | | Tournament support | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Joe Helfrich | | [[Joe Helfrich]] | ||
| Rules support (listed with Greg Anderson) | | Rules support (listed with Greg Anderson) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Greg Anderson | | [[Greg Anderson]] | ||
| Rules support (listed with Joe Helfrich) | | Rules support (listed with Joe Helfrich) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Eric Olson | | [[Eric Olson]] | ||
| Gameplay support (listed with Doug Taylor) | | Gameplay support (listed with Doug Taylor) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Doug Taylor | | [[Doug Taylor]] | ||
| Gameplay support (listed with Eric Olson) | | Gameplay support (listed with Eric Olson) | ||
|} | |} | ||
The | Person stubs for each of the six are linked above. Contemporary GPN interviewed Doug Taylor (Game Play Design) on '''19 April 2002'''.<ref name="gpn">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030120211736/http://www.gameplayersnetwork.com/card/features.asp?gm=starwars&id=84 Interview With The Advocates, Part 1: Doug Taylor], Game Players Network, Duane Bruun, posted 19 April 2002 (Wayback, 20 January 2003)</ref> [[Josh Radke]] appears soon after as Player Relations & Marketing Advocate (Virtual Card Set #1 announce, 5 March 2002) but was '''not''' on this first six-person list.<ref name="vs1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020610072829/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee/virtualcardset1.html Virtual Card Set #1 is Away!], decipher.com (Wayback; signed 5 March 2002)</ref> | ||
== Advocate Council on swccgpc.com (2002) == | == Advocate Council on swccgpc.com (2002) == | ||
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! Role (as listed) | ! Role (as listed) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Greg Anderson | | [[Greg Anderson]] | ||
| Rules Advocate | | Rules Advocate | ||
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| Volunteer Coordination Advocate / Shadow Squadron Leader | | Volunteer Coordination Advocate / Shadow Squadron Leader | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Andrew Howard | | [[Andrew Howard]] | ||
| Tournament Support Advocate | | Tournament Support Advocate | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Eric Olson | | [[Eric Olson]] | ||
| Card Design Advocate | | Card Design Advocate | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Josh Radke | | [[Josh Radke]] | ||
| Player Relations Advocate | | Player Relations Advocate | ||
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| Marketing Advocate | | Marketing Advocate | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Doug Taylor | | [[Doug Taylor]] | ||
| Card Design Advocate | | Card Design Advocate | ||
|} | |} | ||
Contemporary homepage news (Wayback capture 6 November 2002) notes '''Josh "Red 84" Radke''' as PC Player Relations Advocate welcoming '''Andrew Howard''' as Tournament Support Advocate, replacing former Tournament Advocate '''John Arendt'''.<ref name="swccgpc2002home">[https://web.archive.org/web/20021106101746/http://www.swccgpc.com/ The SWCCG Player's Committee], swccgpc.com (Wayback, 6 November 2002)</ref> | Contemporary homepage news (Wayback capture 6 November 2002) notes '''[[Josh Radke|Josh "Red 84" Radke]]''' as PC Player Relations Advocate welcoming '''[[Andrew Howard]]''' as Tournament Support Advocate, replacing former Tournament Advocate '''[[John Arendt]]'''.<ref name="swccgpc2002home">[https://web.archive.org/web/20021106101746/http://www.swccgpc.com/ The SWCCG Player's Committee], swccgpc.com (Wayback, 6 November 2002)</ref> | ||
== Advocate Council updates (2004-2005) == | == Advocate Council updates (2004-2005) == | ||
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! Role (as listed) | ! Role (as listed) | ||
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| Greg Anderson | | [[Greg Anderson]] | ||
| Rules Advocate | | Rules Advocate | ||
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| Marketing Advocate | | Marketing Advocate | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Doug Taylor | | [[Doug Taylor]] | ||
| Card Design Advocate | | Card Design Advocate | ||
|} | |} | ||
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! Role (as listed) | ! Role (as listed) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Greg Anderson | | [[Greg Anderson]] | ||
| Rules Advocate | | Rules Advocate | ||
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| Marketing Advocate | | Marketing Advocate | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Doug Taylor | | [[Doug Taylor]] | ||
| Card Design Advocate | | Card Design Advocate | ||
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|} | |} | ||
'''Note:''' '''DougRed4''' matches the early | '''Note:''' '''DougRed4''' matches the early contact local-part used for [[Doug Taylor]] on Decipher's first-Advocates page ('''dougred4'''); this page does '''not''' treat that as proven identity continuity beyond the handle string without a primary statement equating them on the 2014 page.<ref name="pc1" /><ref name="swcabout2014" /> | ||
== Gaps == | == Gaps == | ||
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* Post-2014 / present-day Advocate lists (not yet cited here; check current [https://www.starwarsccg.org/ starwarsccg.org] contact/about if publishing a modern roster). | * Post-2014 / present-day Advocate lists (not yet cited here; check current [https://www.starwarsccg.org/ starwarsccg.org] contact/about if publishing a modern roster). | ||
* Whether every Decipher "support" label maps 1:1 onto later "Advocate" titles (roles evolved; cite each era's own wording). | * Whether every Decipher "support" label maps 1:1 onto later "Advocate" titles (roles evolved; cite each era's own wording). | ||
* Person stubs not yet created for every mid-era / 2014 name (Colson, Robinette, Velasco, Carr, Lingrell, Brownell, Kolnik, forum handles). | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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* [[History of the Players Committee]] | * [[History of the Players Committee]] | ||
* [[Players Committee]] | * [[Players Committee]] | ||
* [[Doug Taylor]] · [[Josh Radke]] · [[Michael Girard]] · [[John Arendt]] · [[Joe Helfrich]] · [[Greg Anderson]] · [[Eric Olson]] · [[Andrew Howard]] | |||
* [https://www.starwarsccg.org/ starwarsccg.org] | * [https://www.starwarsccg.org/ starwarsccg.org] | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020611042314/http://decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee1.html Decipher Players' Committee announcement] (Wayback, 11 June 2002) | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20020601152726/http://decipher.com/starwars/announcement122801.html Decipher Star Wars Announcement (volunteer call)] (Wayback, 1 June 2002) | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020611042314/http://decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee1.html Decipher Players' Committee announcement] (Wayback, 11 June 2002; letter 25 January 2002) | |||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030120211736/http://www.gameplayersnetwork.com/card/features.asp?gm=starwars&id=84 GPN Interview With The Advocates, Part 1 (Doug Taylor)] (posted 19 April 2002) | |||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020610072829/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/playerscommittee/virtualcardset1.html Virtual Card Set #1 is Away!] (Wayback; signed Josh "Red 84" Radke, 5 March 2002) | |||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021106101746/http://www.swccgpc.com/ swccgpc.com homepage] (Wayback, 6 November 2002) | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20021106101746/http://www.swccgpc.com/ swccgpc.com homepage] (Wayback, 6 November 2002) | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021209221742/http://www.swccgpc.com/council.htm council.htm] (Wayback, 9 December 2002) | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20021209221742/http://www.swccgpc.com/council.htm council.htm] (Wayback, 9 December 2002) | ||
Revision as of 23:09, 23 September 2026
Note: This page lists sourced Players Committee (PC) Advocate / Player Advocate names and roles from dated primary or archived pages. It does not invent biographies, exact term dates, or legal names behind forum handles. Uncertain spans are labeled. Parent narrative: History of the Players Committee.
The Players Committee advocates (also called Player Advocates / the Advocate Council on early PC sites) were volunteer leaders named by Decipher and later by the PC to support organized play, rules, design, tournaments, and community liaison after Decipher's print end-of-life.
Origin (Decipher call for volunteers): Decipher's Star Wars Announcement page invited players to volunteer for the players' committee (contact listed on that page) alongside Decipher and Lucas Licensing contacts, and linked the 01.25.02 "The Star Wars Players' Committee" announcement.[1] The Player Advocates / Players' Committee structure therefore begins in Decipher's public call for volunteers and the January 2002 committee announcement—not as an independent later invention. Details of that handoff also appear on History of the Players Committee.
First team (Decipher announcement, 25 January 2002)
Warren Holland (Chairman & CEO, Decipher), in a letter dated 25 January 2002 on Decipher's "The Star Wars Players' Committee" page, announced the first team of Star Wars Player Advocates selected from volunteer emails after the license announcement. The page states Advocates would meet Decipher in Norfolk the following week, receive the volunteer email list, work with Game Players Network on communications, handle prize shipping after 30 April 2002, and teased a forthcoming virtual-card pool.[2]
| Name | Role (as listed) |
|---|---|
| Michael Girard | Player support |
| John Arendt | Tournament support |
| Joe Helfrich | Rules support (listed with Greg Anderson) |
| Greg Anderson | Rules support (listed with Joe Helfrich) |
| Eric Olson | Gameplay support (listed with Doug Taylor) |
| Doug Taylor | Gameplay support (listed with Eric Olson) |
Person stubs for each of the six are linked above. Contemporary GPN interviewed Doug Taylor (Game Play Design) on 19 April 2002.[3] Josh Radke appears soon after as Player Relations & Marketing Advocate (Virtual Card Set #1 announce, 5 March 2002) but was not on this first six-person list.[4]
Advocate Council on swccgpc.com (2002)
The early official PC site at swccgpc.com published an Advocate Council roster.[5]
| Name | Role (as listed) |
|---|---|
| Greg Anderson | Rules Advocate |
| Jim Colson | Volunteer Coordination Advocate / Shadow Squadron Leader |
| Andrew Howard | Tournament Support Advocate |
| Eric Olson | Card Design Advocate |
| Josh Radke | Player Relations Advocate |
| Jason Robinette | Marketing Advocate |
| Doug Taylor | Card Design Advocate |
Contemporary homepage news (Wayback capture 6 November 2002) notes Josh "Red 84" Radke as PC Player Relations Advocate welcoming Andrew Howard as Tournament Support Advocate, replacing former Tournament Advocate John Arendt.[6]
Advocate Council updates (2004-2005)
Later council.htm captures show roster changes while keeping several continuing Advocates.[7][8]
Snapshot ~June 2004
| Name | Role (as listed) |
|---|---|
| Greg Anderson | Rules Advocate |
| Jim Colson | Volunteer Coordination Advocate / Shadow Squadron Leader |
| Mitch Velasco | Tournament Support Advocate |
| (Vacant) | Card Design Advocate |
| (Vacant) | Player Relations and Marketing Advocate |
| Jason Robinette | Marketing Advocate |
| Doug Taylor | Card Design Advocate |
Snapshot ~August 2005
| Name | Role (as listed) |
|---|---|
| Greg Anderson | Rules Advocate |
| Jim Colson | Volunteer Coordination Advocate / Shadow Squadron Leader |
| Michael Carr | Tournament Support Advocate |
| Scott Lingrell | Card Design Advocate |
| Kevin Brownell | Player Relations and Marketing Advocate |
| Jason Robinette | Marketing Advocate |
| Doug Taylor | Card Design Advocate |
| Nick Kolnik | Marketing and Tournaments Advocate |
Mid-era gap (after ~2005 into early starwarsccg.org)
Public named Advocate Council lists are thin after the 2005 council.htm captures in the sources used here. The swccgpc.com / starwarsccg.org "Who We Are" / about pages from 2008-2010 describe the PC historically but do not publish a named Advocate roster in the archived HTML checked for this page.[9][10]
Current Advocates block (~October 2014)
A starwarsccg.org About page capture lists a "Current Advocates" section. Several entries use forum handles rather than legal names; the Lead Advocate slot is labeled only "Advocate" in the archived markup (appears placeholder). Bios on that capture are mostly empty "About..." stubs.[11]
| Name / handle (as listed) | Role (as listed) |
|---|---|
| Advocate (as labeled) | Lead Advocate |
| Shewski | Design Advocate |
| imrahil327 | Tournament Advocate |
| raith | Marketing Advocate |
| darkjediknight11 | Communications Advocate |
| LukesBionicHand | Rules Advocate |
| ShadowLeader | Collecting Advocate |
| DougRed4 | Historical Advocate |
Note: DougRed4 matches the early contact local-part used for Doug Taylor on Decipher's first-Advocates page (dougred4); this page does not treat that as proven identity continuity beyond the handle string without a primary statement equating them on the 2014 page.[2][11]
Gaps
- Exact start/end dates for most Advocate terms beyond the dated captures above.
- Full mid-2005 to ~2014 named roster (council.htm trail goes cold in checked IA samples; about pages often omit names).
- Legal names behind 2014 forum handles (except where independently sourced).
- Post-2014 / present-day Advocate lists (not yet cited here; check current starwarsccg.org contact/about if publishing a modern roster).
- Whether every Decipher "support" label maps 1:1 onto later "Advocate" titles (roles evolved; cite each era's own wording).
- Person stubs not yet created for every mid-era / 2014 name (Colson, Robinette, Velasco, Carr, Lingrell, Brownell, Kolnik, forum handles).
See also
- History of the Players Committee
- Players Committee
- Doug Taylor · Josh Radke · Michael Girard · John Arendt · Joe Helfrich · Greg Anderson · Eric Olson · Andrew Howard
- starwarsccg.org
Sources
- Decipher Star Wars Announcement (volunteer call) (Wayback, 1 June 2002)
- Decipher Players' Committee announcement (Wayback, 11 June 2002; letter 25 January 2002)
- GPN Interview With The Advocates, Part 1 (Doug Taylor) (posted 19 April 2002)
- Virtual Card Set #1 is Away! (Wayback; signed Josh "Red 84" Radke, 5 March 2002)
- swccgpc.com homepage (Wayback, 6 November 2002)
- council.htm (Wayback, 9 December 2002)
- council.htm (Wayback, 3 June 2004)
- council.htm (Wayback, 29 August 2005)
- swccgpc.com about (Wayback, 25 September 2008)
- starwarsccg.org about (Wayback, 6 July 2009)
- starwarsccg.org about (Wayback, 9 October 2014)
References
- ↑ The Star Wars Announcement, decipher.com (Wayback, 1 June 2002)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Star Wars Players' Committee, decipher.com (Wayback, 11 June 2002; letter dated 25 January 2002)
- ↑ Interview With The Advocates, Part 1: Doug Taylor, Game Players Network, Duane Bruun, posted 19 April 2002 (Wayback, 20 January 2003)
- ↑ Virtual Card Set #1 is Away!, decipher.com (Wayback; signed 5 March 2002)
- ↑ Advocate Council, swccgpc.com (Wayback, 9 December 2002)
- ↑ The SWCCG Player's Committee, swccgpc.com (Wayback, 6 November 2002)
- ↑ Advocate Council, swccgpc.com (Wayback, 3 June 2004)
- ↑ Advocate Council, swccgpc.com (Wayback, 29 August 2005)
- ↑ Who We Are / about, swccgpc.com (Wayback, 25 September 2008)
- ↑ about, starwarsccg.org (Wayback, 6 July 2009)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 About, starwarsccg.org (Wayback, 9 October 2014)